31 killed in blast at mosque in Pakistan capital, official says – follow live
Blast took place amid talk of military operationpublished at 13:38 GMT
Umer Draz Nangiana
BBC Urdu
The blast happened at a time when there is a talk of a
military operation in Tirah Valley in Pakistan’s restive Afghan border region.
Thousands of families have recently migrated from the valley
to safer locations although, Pakistan government has not officially confirmed
the operation.
Pakistan recently witnessed a major co-ordinated militant
attack at multiple locations in the province of Balochistan, where security
forces on Thursday said they killed more than 200 militants.
In November last year, a suicide attack targeting district
courts in Islamabad killed 12 people.
Uzbekistan’s president is also visiting Islamabad. The site
of the blast is not too far away from the Pakistani capital’s red zone area
that houses important government buildings.
Last year was the deadliest year in over a decade, as
combat-related deaths surged 74%, with militants accounting for more than half
the death toll, according to a new report released by an independent think
tank.
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